Art & Culture

The Superstar Problem

Rahul Bhatia

Some film makers hope for the day when producers and the public will be liberated from the ‘star’. (By the way, we carry this essay only because a Hrithik interview fell through)

Here’s Looking at You, Tihar

Sohini Chattopadhyay

A stellar cast of artists interprets life behind bars as part of an art-therapy project to rehabilitate the inmates of Tihar.

Pinch Yourself, This is Not Science Fiction

Rahul Jayaram

India to host to a TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference

Taking the Sarangi to the World

Subhra Mazumdar

Last year, Ustad Kamal Sabri performed before a select audience at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo. Ever since, the maestro has been promoting the instrument and winning global recognition

‘My Reputation Can Take Mudslinging’

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Ramachandra Guha in conversation with Rahul Jayaram on the turf war over the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in Delhi, which he believes is going down the drain

Centre Stage

Reema Gehi

Naseeruddin Shah is putting together a theatre festival to celebrate his performance group Motley’s 30th anniversary. Shah explains his obsession with theatre and why movies are not half as good

The Last Song of Dusk

Nandini Mahesh

The doyen of the Kirana gharana, Gangubai Hangal, has passed on. But her voice will live in our midst forever

‘If They Say Kiss, I Ask How Long’

Rubina A. Khan

Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia on being Akshay Kumar, and why some people hate him

When Fame is Mere Compensation

Subhra Mazumdar

The booming Indian art scene has left many artists licking their wounds. With India yet to make rules on resale royalty, they can claim nothing of the astronomical sums their signed works are fetching